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minomet — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • mortar noun A paste of sand, water and cement or lime used to bond bricks or stones together.

Senses

minomet is used for these senses in English:

  • mortar (countable, military) A relatively lightweight, often portable indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate and is designed to lob explosive shells at very steep trajectories. [from 20th c.]

mortar — full definition

  1. noun A paste of sand, water and cement or lime used to bond bricks or stones together.
  2. noun A small bowl used with a pestle to crush or grind ingredients.
  3. noun A short-barreled weapon that fires shells high into the air to hit targets at a steep angle.
  4. verb To attack a target by firing mortar shells at it.

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